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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780794203412
Format: Color, NTSC
ISBN: 0794203418
Label: Lance Entertainment
Manufacturer: Lance Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Lance Entertainment
Release Date: June 10, 2003
Running Time: 151 minutes
Sales Rank: 52026
Studio: Lance Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: January 09, 1997
Editorial Review:
Description:
At the request of one of his literary heroes, Commander Dalgliesh is called to the headquarters of Peverell Press to look in to a stream of hate mail received by its boardmembers. When a series of macabre deaths occur at the venerable firm, Dalgliesh and his team uncover a snakepit of family rivalry, sexual jealousy and tragic secrets.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - English films
This DVD has no subtitles nor Close Captions. My native language is not English and it's difficult for me to follow it. I would like to know in the future when the DVDs you are offering have no subtitles.
Rating:  - Who killed Gerard?
When Gerard Etienne, the high powered director of a publishing house turns up dead there are lots of suspects who had reasons to want him dead. As one of the employees tells the police inspector, "He wasn't a ray of sunshine." So, whodunit? Was it Frances, the jilted spinster who still loved him, but hated the way he ran her family's business? Was it Miss Blackett, his PA that he treated like a punching bag? Could it be Claudis, his sister who wants the money she'll inherit only if he dies before ... Read More
Rating: - Revisiting Original Sin
Normally, I should not think it necessary to revisit "Original Sin." However, given the less than adequate sound engineering and the soft tones and trailing voice of Roy Marsden, it takes two or three hearing before one can clearly identify all of the dialogue. English subtitles for the non-Brits in the audience would make for a wonderful enhancement to this production. P.D. James writes with such intricacy of plot that she need not make the listener strain to catch the dialogue. Overall I remain a fan, ... Read More
Rating: - implausible ending
This is one of the slicker new adaptations. Many of the scenes are set on the Thames near the London Bridge and the views are beautiful. The acting is quite good. For those 2 reasons, I quite enjoyed the first 3/4, but during the last 1/4, as the mystery is resolved, the plot is simply implausible bordering on ridiculous.
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